Date:  Fri, 22 Mar 1996 17:00:10 -0700

From:  Rudy Troike <RTROIKE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU>

Subject: Re: May-might



On Dale Coye's examples, I could use <might> with a <but>-clause:



Someone may have lived there years ago, but not recently.



Someone might have lived there years ago, but I doubt it.



The latter would carry more uncertainty for me.



--Rudy Troike (rtroike[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ccit.arizona.edu)